I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2026 contestant Deni Hines may have appeared on Australian screens, but she’s not going to be landing on Australian soil any time soon. After her self-elimination, Deni has returned to her home in Thailand.
She’s been very open about not wanting to return to Australia in the past, and she says even another reality TV show couldn’t tempt her back.
“Violence towards women down there is out of control. The unaliving of women that happened like three days ago is out of control. I don’t want to sell a kidney to buy a coffee. People can’t buy houses. It’s hard. It’s a struggle, I don’t want it,” Deni tells Chattr.
The star says she’s “living [her] dream in Thailand”, and adds the lower cost-of-living certainly helps. While a coffee in Sydney can cost around $5.50 to $7 a pop, in Thailand, she pays just 55 Thai Baht (roughly $2.51 AUD).
Plus, Deni says there’s less racism where she lives. “I don’t get that at all. And everybody that I know like, and I’ve talked to everybody in like my neighbourhood. They know me, like they know me. They love me,” she says.
“I love living here [and] it’s a great place to base yourself when you want to travel to other parts of the world too, because it’s not far. It’s like six hours to Japan.”
Would Deni Hines go on any other reality TV shows?
Deni has competed on The Apprentice Australia and Dancing With The Stars Australia, and it looks like she’s open to doing more reality TV… just not Down Under.
“I would do Dancing With The Stars again, I love that show. But I’d do it in America,” Deni says. “Because I’ve managed to do a reality show and not have to come to Australia to shoot it. I was in Africa.
“I don’t want to have to come down there to shoot anything.”
And while Deni might not be visiting any of her I’m A Celeb campmates in Australia, she’s keen for some of them to pop over to Thailand.
“I’d love Rachel to come over, Mr Sweet, Dyson and his wife, they just celebrated their first year anniversary the other day. Luke, if he wins the competition, he’s got the money to buy that ticket,” she ponders.
Perhaps her next reality TV show could be something similar to The Kardashians, with all her celeb friends in Thailand.
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